Clairine

That saree came into good use last Friday when we all decided to dress up and go out for dinner then went back to take some pictures in Ash’s house a.k.a "the lazy mansion".

If you thought those pictures in the previous post were vain… take a look at these…

Introducing the syiok-sendiri models:

Me!

May Lee!

Shantiya!

Twosomes and threesomes:

May Lee is wearing the top of a Punjabi suit

Due to the cool effects of lighting we look like our sarees are purple

Not the cliche ‘Charlie’s Angels’ again! We’re posing on an armchair in the TV room

Posing on the sofa upstairs

Posing at the staircase

Just lovely

Some candid shots:

Laughing and talking like we most usually do

Comforting May Lee about something… like we always do too

Ok laa this wasn’t exactly candid I admit

Talking about something

We played two games of Pictionary after that and Sree came up with some… interesting… ways of drawing words like "rise" and "dry"… Now we know what’s always on your mind eh, Sree…?

After that we went for drinks at Lotus at about 2 am and then went back to crash until later that morning when we woke up at 6 am to go to the Ulu Yam waterfall. It was about an hour’s journey on the way there but it took 2 hours to get back because of the jam. We stopped by at "Lake Placid" on the way to the waterfall. Apparently they call it "Lake Placid" because the water is so still that it never moves.

We had so much fun at the waterfall… the scenery was just so beautiful and the rays of sunlight shining through the canopy of trees overhead were just so amazing to look at. Took a few very natural pictures there:

Time for some syiok-sendiri photos from the guys’ side:

Sree taking a photo of himself

Gaya photo by Ash

Ravin enjoying himself in the water

Group photos:

After we got tired of taking photos and playing with the water, we played Truth or Dare… and some stuff which shall not be mentioned here happened! Let’s just say there were a lot of… erm… excited people.

Starving and tired, we drove back to Klang and had banana leaf rice at Asoka. It’s really quite nice, but a bit too spicy for me. Then we went home and crashed til night time when we went out to Kopitiam in Bukit Tinggi for our dinner-supper.

On Monday I went to Snips again for a haircut with May Lee. Before I could even open my mouth to tell the guy what I wanted, *snip snip* my fringe was gone. It was the first to go. It’s damn short now laaa! I want my long hair back :’o(

Later that night I went for a farewell bbq party at Calvin’s house.

Irys, Mei Qin, Me

Tung Jern’s shirt is blinding!

On Tuesday, I moved out from my house in Subang. I have so many fond memories in that house, and in SS15… I just couldn’t bear to leave. It was hard for me to let go of this part of my life. It still is. I still can’t believe that I’ve really moved out, they are no longer my housemates, and that I’m actually going to stay in another country soon. I don’t know what other word to use to describe how I felt yesterday other than ‘heartbroken’.

I don’t know when exactly I crossed the border of my friendship with May Lee and Shantiya til we became not just friends, not even best friends, but more like sisters. I don’t know when exactly it happened that we got to know each other inside out, outside in, in every possible way and from every possible angle. I don’t know when exactly we started to not just enjoy but love and need each other’s company.

Those days when we all had our own problems - no matter what problems they were - we would just talk and talk through the night about it, or rush home from wherever we were during the day to be back home, to be there for each other. There were also days when we just wanted to irritate each other by doing stupid stuff. For fashion advice, changing into multiple outfits in front of each other to ask for opinions, doing our hair for each other, making up, sitting on the swing outside the house just talking and talking about everything and anything, going to the park whenever any of us got damn emo about something, going out shopping whenever and wherever we wanted, taking care of each other when any of us was not feeling well… And other stuff like that time when we were dead bored and decided to walk out to Herbs and Foods at night to buy custard powder so we could all make custard pudding to eat. Living in that house with them made my life bearable when I was lonely. Living with them showed me the true meaning of friendship…

Friendship is not perfect. You fight. You argue. You make up. You care… you genuinely care for each other. You accept all flaws. You accept all differences. You are not pretensive. You can be yourself and still be loved. You can talk about anything at all. You can trust. You give more than you take. You tolerate mood swings. You do not back stab. You always, always, always, try your best to be there.

It is true that friendship is one of God’s greatest gifts. You just have to know how to appreciate it, if not it will be worthless. I find it very painful knowing that with my moving-out of the house, the bond that we share will not be the same anymore. Relationships change over time. When I said goodbye to SS15, I was saying goodbye to much, much more than just the house and the people around me. I was saying goodbye to this… thing… that has kept me going throughout the past 2 years.

I was saying goodbye to a part of my life… a piece of my heart.

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